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The Wisconsin Constitution, pp. [221]-[252]
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HISTORY OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Subject
IV
IV
IV
V
IV
V
V
I
IV
VII
XI
VII
VIII
IV
IV
IV
IV
III
VI
VII
XIII
X
First
Approval
4
5
11
5
21
5
9
8
31, 32
4
3
4
2
4
5
11
21
1
4
12
1
1
Assemblymen chosen biennially
Senators chosen quadrennially
Biennial sessions.....................
Governor's salary change from
$1,250 to $2,500....................
*Legislator's salary changed to
$350 per annum...................
*Governor's salary increased to
$5,000o .............................................
*Lt. Governor's salary changed
to $1,000..........................
*Against grand jury system ............
*Prohibited private and local
laws on 9 subjects.................
One chief and four associate
justices of Supreme Court ........
*Limiting indebtedness of
m unicipialities ..............................
*One chief and four associate
justices of Supreme Court ........
*Appropriations only by law ........
*Biennial sessions.....................
*Assemblymen chosen biennially ..
*Senators chosen quadrennially ....
*Compensation of legislators
changed to $500..................
*Suffrage to colored people
registration authorized ..............
*Sheriffs and other county officers,
terms, filling vacancies ............
*Clerk of court, term..................
*Political year, biennial elections
State superintendent, legislature
may prescribe qualifications
and salary ....................................
*Supreme Court composed of
"Justices of Supreme Court" ....
*Forbidding special incorporation
of cities..........................
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Ch. 95
Ch. 95
Ch. 95
Jt. Res. 4
It. Res. 9
Jt. Res. 9
It. Res. 9
Jt. Res. 7
Jt. Res. 13
Jt. Res. 2
Jt. Res. 11
Jt. Res. 10
Pt. Res. 7
Jt. Res. 9S
It. Res. 9S
Pt. Res. 9S
Jt. Res. 9S
Pt. Res. 26A
Jt. Res. 16A
JT. Res. 16A
Pt. Res. 16A
Pt. Res. 34
Pt. Res. 5
Second
Approval
1853
1853
1853
1861
1865
1868
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1876
1876
1880
1880
1880
1880
1881
1881
1881
1881
1885
1887
1889
89
89
89
6
3
2
2
3
1
8
4
1
4
7A
7A
7A
7A
5
3
3
3
1854
1854
1854
1862
1866
1869
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1877
1877
1881
1881
1881
1881
1882
1882
1882
1882
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
JI. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
Jt. Res.
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1891
Submission
to People
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
Ch.
89
89
89
202
25
186
186
118
122
111
37
48
158
262
262
262
262
272
290
290
290
1854
1854
1854
1862
1867
1869
1869
1870
1871
1872
1874
1877
1877
1881
1881
1881
1881
1882
1882
1882
1882
357 1887
22 1889
362 1891
Constitution
Art. Sec.
4 1887
3 1889
Jt. Res.
Vii 4
IV 31
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Votes Total
Date of Vote for
Election For Against Governor
Nov. 1854 6,549 11,580 ............
Nov. 1854 6,348 11,885 ............
Nov. 1854 6,752 11,589 ............
Nov. 1862 14,519 32,612 ............
Nov. 1867 58,363 24,418 142,522
Nov. 1869 47,353 41,764 130,781
Nov. 1869 47,353 41,764 130,781
Nov. 1870 48,894 18,606 146,9531
Nov. 1871 54,087 3,675 147,274
Nov. 1872 16,272 29,755 ............ 2
Nov. 1874 66,061 1,509 ............ 2
Nov. 1877 79,140 16,763 178,122
Nov. 1877 33,046 3,371 178,122
Nov. 1881 53,532 13,936 171,856
Nov. 1881 53,532 13,936 171,856
Nov. 1881 53,532 13,936 171,856
Nov. 1881 53,532 13,936 171,856
Nov. 1882 36,223 5,347 ............ 2
Nov. 1882 60,091 8,089 ............ 20
Nov. 1882 60,091 8,089 ............
Nov. 1882 60,091 8,089 ............2
Nov. 1888 12,697 18,342 354,714
Apr. 1889 125,759 14,712 211,1113
Nov. 1892 15,718 9,015 371,559
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